Famous Masons
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Abbott, William "Bud" - Actor (Abbott and
Costello)
Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Abbott,
Robert Sengstacke - Founder/publisher "Chicago Defender"
Acuff, Roy -
Musician
Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz" - Astronaut - Second man to walk on the
moon
Allen, Richard - Founder/first bishop AME Church
Allende, Salvador -
President of Chile, overthrown in 1970
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz
Musician
Arnold, Eddie - Actor
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of
the Army Air Force
Astor, John Jacob - Fur trader and financier
Atkins,
Chet - Musician
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene -
Actor
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B
Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour,
Lloyd - Jewelry
Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of
Liberty
Basie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Baylor, Robert
E. B. - Founder Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy
Scouts
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Bellamy, Rev. Francis -
Authored U.S. Pledge of Allegiance
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of
Canada 1930-35
Berlin, Irving - Entertainer
Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court
Justice
Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
Blake, James Herbert
"Eubie" - Composer/pianist
Blanc, Mel - The voice of(Bugs Bunny and
others
Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bolivar, Simon - South
American freedom fighter
Booth, Rev. William - Founder of the Salvation
Army
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Borglum,
Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine,
Ernest - Actor
Botha, Pik - Former Foreign Minister of South
Africa
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie,
James - Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader
Bradley, Thomas - Former
mayor of Los Angeles, California
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 -
1807
Brown, Joe E. - Entertainer
brundage, Avery - Olympic
Committee
Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator
Buchanan, James - President of the
U.S.
Burbank, Luther - Pioneering botanist
Burnett, David G. - 1st
President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Conrad - U.S. Senator
Burns,
Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court
Justice
Byrd, Robert - U.S. Senator
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over
North Pole
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice
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C
Cain, Michael - Actor
Calvo, Father Francisco -
Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Campbell, Sir
Malcolm - Land speed record holder
Carlson, Curtis L. -
Entrepreneur
Carnahan, Melvin - Governor of Missouri
Carson, Christopher
"Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer,
writer and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chagall, Marc
- Artist
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Sir Winston -
british Leader
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car
manufacturer
Clark, Roy - Country Western Star
Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme
Court Justice
Clark, William - Explorer
Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court
Justice
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer
Cobb, Ty - Baseball
Player
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West
Show
Cohan, George M. - broadway star
Cole, Nat "King" - Great ballad
singer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms
inventor
Combs, Earle bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooper, Gordon -
Astronaut
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing,
William - Supreme Court Justice
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D
Dempsey, Jack - Sports
DeMille, Cecil B. - Movie
director
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the
planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker, John
G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Disney, Walt -
Cartoonist/movies
Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator
Doolittle, General James -
Famous Army Air Corps Pilot
Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court
Justice
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Doyle, Sir Author Conan -
Writer - Sherlock Holmes
Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil
industry
DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of
the Red Cross
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E
Ebbets, Charles - Baseball Owner, Ebbets
Field
Edward VII - King of England
Edward VIII - King of England who
abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
Ellery, William - 1 of 9 Masonic
signers of the Declaration of Independance
Ellington, Duke - Composer,
Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Evers,
Medger Wiley - Civil rights leader
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - U. S. Senator -
headed "Watergate" committee
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Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Faber
Pencil Company
Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor
Field, Stephen J. -
Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C. - Actor
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop
of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming,
Sir Alexander - Discovered Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - President of the
U.S.
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Forten, James -
Abolitionist/manufacturer
Fortune, Timothy Thomas - Journalist
Franklin,
Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S.
Freeman,
Orville - Former governor of Minnesota and secretary of U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture
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Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. -
President of the U.S.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian freedom
fighter
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI - King of
England during W.W. II
Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire
Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the libretis for "Pirates of
Penzance"
Gillette, King C. - Gillette Razor Co.
Glenn, John H. - First
American to orbit the earth/U.S. Senator
Godfrey, Arthur - Radio and early
televison personality
Goldwater, Barry - Former U.S. Senator
Gompers,
Samuel - Founder American Federation of Labor
Grassley, Charles - U.S.
Senator
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Griffeth,
David W. - Movie Director
Gris, Juan - Spanish artist- Synthetic
Cubism
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Grock - Swiss Circus
Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
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H
Hall, Prince - First black American
Freemason
Haley, Alex - Author of "Roots"
Hampton, Lionel - Orchestra
leader/composer
Hancock, John - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of
Independance
Handel, George Fredrick - Composer
Handy, William C. -
Composer "Father of the Blues"
Harding, Warren G. - President of the
U.S.
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court
Justice
Harvey, Paul - Radio personality
Hatfield, Mark - U.S.
Senator
Hawkins, Augustus F. - U.S. Congressman California
Haydn, Franz
Joseph F. - Composer and Musician
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone
National Park
Helms, Jesse - U.S. Senator
Henson, Josiah - Inspired the
novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Henson, Matthew - Explorer
Hilton, Charles C. -
American Hotelier
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. White House
Hoe,
Richard M. - Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper
printing
Hollings, Ernest - U.S. Senator
Hooks, Benjamin L. - Former
Executive Director NAACP
Hoover, Frank - Vacuum cleaner fame
Hoover, J.
Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope, Bob - Comedian
Hornsby, Rogers - An original
member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Houston, Sam
- 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Humphrey, Hubert H. - Vice
President of the U.S.
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Irwin, Jim - Astronaut
Ives, Burl - Musician
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Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson,
Rev. Jesse - Minister/politician
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court
Justice
James, Daniel "Chappie" - General U.S. Air Force
Jenner, Edward -
Inventor - Vaccination for Small Pox
Johnson, Andrew - President of the
U.S.
Johnson, John A 'Jack' - Heavyweight boxing tiltle holder,
1908-1915
Johnson, John H. - Publisher EBONY and Jet magazines
Johnston,
Jr. , J. Bennett - U.S. Senator
Jolson, Al - Acted in the first 'talking
picture,' The Jazz Singer
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of
Texas
Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin - One of the
founders of the Lions International
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Keaton, Buster - Movie pioneer
Kemp, Jack - Former
U.S. Congressman/sports hero
Kern, Jerome - Composer
Key, Francis Scott -
Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer
Knox, Henry -
Revolutionary War General
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Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American
Freedom
LaGuardia, Fiorello H. - Diplomat and 3-time New York City
Mayor
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea
Lamar,
Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the
Republic of Texas
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Lemon, Mark -
Founder of Punch, humorous british magazine
Lewis, Meriwether -
Explorer
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes
(1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas -
Tea
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana
Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
Lott, Trent - U.S.
Senator
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MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed
Forces in Philipines
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada
1867-73 & 1878-91
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill
California 1848
Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 -
1835
Marshall, Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
Mathews, Stanley - Supreme
Court Justice
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer - formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(MGM)
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Began Mayo Clinic
Mays, Benjamin -
Educator/former president Atlanta University
Maytag, Fredrick -
Maytag
McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
Menninger, Karl A. -
Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Mellon, Andrew - American
industrialis, banker and philanthropist
Mesmer, Franz Anton - Practiced Mesmerism which led to
Hypnotism
Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Olympic champion
Michelson, Albert Abraham
- Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882
Miller, Glenn -
Musician
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal
turned actor - Starred in over 400 western films
Monroe, James - President of
the U.S.
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel - Co-developer of the first
practical hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. - Supreme Court
Justice
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated
American Soldier of WWII, Actor
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Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nash,
Charles - Automobile industry
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New,
Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort -
Christian Minister
Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator
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Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile
pioneer
Otis, James - Famous for "Taxation without Representation is
Tyranny"
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Papst, Charles F. -
Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
Paterson, William - Supreme Court
Justice
Peale, Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost"
Peary, Robert E. -
First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penney, James C. -
Retailer
Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
Pitney, Mahlon
- Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who
developed the flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox - President of the
U.S.
Pound, Roscoe - Former Dean, Harvard Law School
Pryor, Richard -
Actor - Comedian
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car for
trains.
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
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Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Congressman New
York
Randolph, A. Phillip - Founder - first president, International
brotherhood Sleeping Car Porters
Retief, Piet - Afrikaans leader and and one
of the founders of the South African nation
Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court
Justice
Revere, Paul - Famous American
Rhodes, Cecil - "Rhodes
Scholarship"
Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Army Air Corps
"Ace"
Rickey, branch - Baseball legend
Ringling brothers - All 7 brothers
and their father were Masons.
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American
Boxer
Rodgers, Jimmie - Entertainer
Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and
screen star
Rogers, Will - Actor
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the
U.S.
Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S.
Rush, Benjamin - 1 of 9
Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independance
Rutledge, Wiley B. -
Supreme Court Chief Justice
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Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sanders, Harland
"Colonel" - Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants
Sarnoff, David -
Father of T.V.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone
(1846)
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Schirra, Wally -
Astronaut
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Sexson, W.
Mark - Founder of Rainbow Girls, Masonic
historian/author/researcher
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Simpson,
Alan - U.S. Senator
Skelton, Red - Entertainer
Smith, John Stafford -
Wrote the music that became the U.S. National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip -
Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford, Leland - Railroads &
Stanford University
Starr, Bart - Football legend
Stassen, Harold -
Statesman, sole surviving signer of the United Nations Charter
Stewart,
Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who
devised osteopathy treatment
Stokes, Carl B. - Former mayor, Cleveland,
OH
Stokes, Louis - U.S. Congressman Ohio
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" -
Entertainer
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan -
Wrote Gulliver's Travels
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Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S. &
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (only man to ever head these two
branches of U.S. govenrment)
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial
Corporation
Tetau, Max - French Doctor who presides over Homoeopathia
Universalis
Thomas, Craig - U.S. Senator
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's
Restaurants
Thomas, Lowell - brought Lawrence of Arabia to public
notice
Thompson, Tommy - Governor of Wisconsin
Thurmond, Strom - U.S.
Senator
Tillis, Mel - Musician
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer
responsible for submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court
Justice
Tolstoi, Leo - Author
Travis, Colonel William B. -
Alamo
Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice
Truman, Harry S. - President
of the U.S.
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Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court
Justice
Voltaire - French writer and philosopher
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Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record
being almost 9 feet tall
Wagner, Honus - Baseball legend
Wallace, George
C. - Former Alabama governor and presidential candidate who was nearly
assasinated
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Wallenda, Enrico - Circus
legend
Waner, Lloyd - Baseball Hall of Fame member from Pittsburg
Waner,
Paul - "Big Paul" Baseball Hall of Fame member from Pittsburg
Warner, Jack -
Warner brothers Fame
Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
Warren, Joseph -
Revolutionary War General - "Martyr of Bunker Hill"
Washington, Booker T. -
Educator and author
Washington, George - First President of U.S.
Wayne,
John - Actor
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel
(1875)
Wells, H. G. - Author
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Williams,
Egbert Austin "Bert" - Actor/ comedian
Williamson, Harry A. - Author/Masonic
historian
Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice
Woods, William B. -
Supreme Court Justice
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Wynn, Ed -
Actor
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Y
Young, Andrew - Former mayor of Atlanta,
GA
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Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century
Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907
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